User:Patoliya Chintan/Talati cum Mantri

Talati-cum-Mantri is a government post in the Government of Gujarat which is present in every village. This cadre comes under Panchayat division. So they are called employees of the panchayat, not of the state government. They have to do all the village level work related to Panchayat and Revenue. Panchayat Minister and the work of the Revenue should be done by the Revenue Talati.

In April 2010, a separate cadre was formed by the Gujarat government for the Talati-cum-Minister, in which it was decided that the work of the Panchayat should be done by the Panchayat Minister and the work of the Revenue should be done bythe Village Accountant.

Duties
As the Gram Panchayat Minister is an employee of the Panchayat Department of the Government, he has to perform all the work-duties pertaining to the Panchayat Department of the State Government. All the work related to the schemes of the Panchayat and all the work assigned by the Panchayat Department is done by the Gram Panchayat Minister. District wise Gram Panchayat Mantri is recruited by the Panchayat Selection Board.

Controversies
The cadre of Gram Panchayat Minister is often surrounded by controversy. These controversies have been exacerbated by the government's separate recruitment of revenue talatis. Employees of the Gram Panchayat Mantri (Talati-cum-Mantri) cadre have repeatedly protested against the revenue Talati cadre, threatening not to operate the government. A statewide strike was recently called by the panchayat ministers. As a result, farmers and rural people are believed to have been greatly disturbed.